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Trump tweets complaints about media, polls, in the moments leading up to 9/11 ceremonies

Posted: 9:24 AM, Sep 11, 2019

Updated:2019-09-11 09:24:04-04

By:
CNN Newsource

In the moments before President Donald Trump was set to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks, his mind was decidedly elsewhere.

"If it weren't for the never ending Fake News about me, and with all that I have done (more than any other President in the first 2 1/2 years!), I would be leading the "Partners" of the LameStream Media by 20 points. Sorry, but true!" he tweeted
at 8:19 a.m. ET Wednesday after complaining
about polling in Tuesday night's special election in North Carolina.

He followed up minutes later with a second tweet
: "Leaving the White House soon to speak at the Pentagon. My great honor!"

....This is a phony suppression poll, meant to build up their Democrat partners. I haven’t even started campaigning yet, and am constantly fighting Fake News like Russia, Russia, Russia. Look at North Carolina last night. Dan Bishop, down big in the Polls, WINS. Easier than 2016!

Trump and the first lady marked the moment the first World Trade Center tower was hit -- 8:46 a.m. -- with a moment of silence on the White House South Lawn. The two solemnly bowed their heads as a bell rang.

Earlier in the day, Trump took to social media to describe
the Federal Reserve as "Boneheads" and calling for an interest rate cut to "ZERO."

If it weren’t for the never ending Fake News about me, and with all that I have done (more than any other President in the first 2 1/2 years!), I would be leading the “Partners” of the LameStream Media by 20 points. Sorry, but true!

Later Wednesday morning, Trump and the first lady will attend commemorative ceremonies at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial. He is expected to lay a wreath, observe another moment of silence, and deliver remarks.

The anniversary of the terror attacks comes days after Trump scrapped a plan to meet with Taliban and Afghan leaders at Camp David, an effort to end America's longest war, after a Taliban car bomb killed a US soldier and 11 others last week.

Leaving the White House soon to speak at the Pentagon. My great honor!